New things and Old things

Moving to China has been quite the adventure. We have met some amazing friends here. I have accomplished some personal goals that I did not even know I wanted to accomplish. :) I am now running several times a week and I am up to 5 miles on my long runs. Doug and I have made that a part of our daily schedule. We support each other and motivate each other to keep going. It is a beautiful thing.

Then several months ago I had a friend ask me to play soccer. I declined several time. I played when I was 4 until I was 17, so it has been a long time since I have played. Well thankfully she kept asking and Doug kept asking me to play. So I did it. Now that soccer bug that I thought was so buried inside of me has been released.
There is a group of mom's that play against the girl's high school team. The kids call us the Bananas, because we wear yellow jerseys. It has been so much fun getting out and playing again. Then on Saturday's there are some adults who get together and play. I have to say that my body hurts when we are done, I don't remember that from when I was younger. :)

I knew thought I would be running, playing soccer and loving it. Crazy!!!

We are all getting the "I can't wait to go HOME bug!". It is coming up quickly and there is still so much to do. So we are taking each day as they come and doing what we need to do. We will be home for a month and then back to China we come.

This weekend we say goodbye to a dear family that is heading back to the states. It is a sad time but we know that we will be in touch again. We feel so blessed to be here meeting so many amazing people. Friends that we will have for a lifetime.